Greetings from the Glacier Pow-wow
The United States is doing a good, not-so-small thing in Peru by co-sponsoring (via USAID), with The Mountain Institute, an international conference in Lima and Huaraz on the topic of “Adapting to a World without Glaciers.”
El Fotografo and I were graciously invited to be part of this effort, which brings together social scientists and biophysical scientists working on climate change. The idea is for all of these brilliant minds to come up with suggestions on how to cope with the pending water crisis in Peru. (Just to clarify: EF and I aren’t scientists. We just like to hang out with them.)
So much to learn from these interesting people.
El Hijo is coming along for the Huaraz trip. He is having quite an interesting childhood here in Peru.
That’s the mighty Huascaran peak, above.
As an American expat, I’m gratified to see the U.S. begin to pay attention to a foreign region besides Iraq and Afganistan. Perhaps this signals a bigger shift in U.S. relations with Latin America?
Barbara
I am an American writer who lived in Lima for seven years (2007-2014), where I covered Andean traditions, melting glaciers and daily life in the capital for Miami Herald, MSNBC and Huffington Post. I now live and work in northern Florida where I champion climate change advocacy and compassionate, affordable eldercare.
